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elephants. With the help of this mantra and the musical instrument, while living in the forest asrama, he once subdued a famous elephant which afterwards was known to him to be a divine one and capable of immense service to him for several years. When Udayana went to Vaiśāli, his grandfather's place, he took with him not only Yūgi, his playmate and friend, but also this elephant who was willing to serve the prince Udayana. While Udayana was thus ruling at Vaiśāli his father Satānika, who was in great sorrow because of the loss of Mrgāvatī, after searching for her in various lands went to Vipulācala where he discovered his queen under the protection of her father. With the permission of her father she was taken back to Kaušāmbi by Satānika. After some time Udayana inherited his father's kingdom also and thus he became the lord of both Kausāmbi and Vaiśāli.
Then begin the real adventures of Udayana. By carelessness he loses the divine elephant. He roams about in the forest with his yīņā in hand in search of his elephant. Just then the emperor of Ujjain, Pracchodana by name, sends messengers to collect tribute from the kings of Vatsa and Kausāmbi. His minister Sālankāyana advises him to desist from such an adventure and asks him to wait for a better opportunity. When Udayana is roaming about in the forest, which is the best time to capture Udayana as a prisoner, Pracchodana sends a machine in the form of an elephant within which are hidden soldiers with weapons. This mechanical elephant, like the
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